Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Iron & Wine, The Black Keys, Jack Johnson Song: Bahamas - I Got You Babe [download here ] What's so good? Well, here’s a track that will be sure to put you in a chilled out mood after a long work week. Alfie Jurvanen of folky blues band Bahamas will be releasing his latest album, Barchords, this month and we have the second single titled “I Got You Babe” for you lovely people to check out. The track is lighthearted, simple, and keeps an intimacy throughout that makes for pure, easy-listening enjoyment ...

Suicide Squeeze has announced their 2012 singles series. It will feature new, limited edition 7" singles from Cloud Nothings ,  Iron & Wine ,  Julianna Barwick ,  Nobunny , Coathangers side project  White Woods , and Tuff">King Tuff of Happy Birthday . The first release, Tuff">King Tuff's "Wild Desire" b/w "Hole in My Head" 7" comes April 3 (that's the cover, above). The White Woods single will be out April 17. Stream of "Wild Desire" unavailable on this device.

Tuff">King Tuff: "Wild Desire": Stream of "Wild Desire" unavailable on this device. Suicide Squeeze has announced their 2012 singles series. It will feature new, limited edition 7" singles from Cloud Nothings ,  Iron & Wine ,  Julianna Barwick ,  Nobunny , Coathangers side project White Woods, Wax Idols and Tuff">King Tuff of Happy Birthday . The first release, Tuff">King Tuff's "Wild Desire" b/w "Hole in My Head" 7" comes April 3 (that's the cover, above). The White Woods single will be out April 17.

Si tuviéramos un concierto de Death Cab for Cutie en la Ciudad de México definitivamente no ocurriría en un museo, tal y como ocurrió en la ciudad de Nueva York en donde la banda se presentó en el Brooklyn Museum recientemente junto con Calexico, Iron & Wine y más para dar vida al concierto Live [...]

Every fortnight we'll ask you question via the site/twitter/facebook/tumblr and the best answers will be included here, alongside anything else from our networks we feel like sharing. In the last edition we asked you the following question: What's your favourite album of all time? The new question can be found at the bottom of the article. Our Favourite Responses All Mod Cons by The Jam. It got an eight year old absolutely hooked on music. Still sounds fresh to me 30 odd years later. from Steve Mcgillivray (Facebook) **** The Queen Is Dead, but I can ...

Chances are you probably weren't one of the chosen few who crammed under the skylight-lit courtyard in one of the country's oldest museums to watch Death Cab for Cuties' intimate Live from the Artists Den set. As consolation, SPIN has an exclusive peek into the invite-only Brooklyn Museum show ahead of its public television premiere February 17. A plaid-clad Ben Gifford and Co. saunter through “You Are a Tourist” from last year's Codes and Keys as the audience bobs along. “Every physical space we play music in is naturally going to bring out something unique,” Gifford says ...

I started collecting vinyl in January of 2008.  Here is what I have amassed. (updated January 2012) AC/DC Back in Black American Football American Football Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha Band of Horses Everything All the Time Infinite Arms Battles Gloss Drop Mirrored The Beach Boys Endless Summer The Beatles 1962-1966 1967-1970 Abbey Road Hey Jude Let it Be Magical Mystery Tour Rubber Soul Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beck Modern Guilt Odelay The Bee Gees Best of Bee Gees Vol. 1 [pre-disco] Saturday Night Fever Ben Folds Five Ben Folds Five Blackalicious A2G [EP] Blazing Arrow The ...

Rosie Thomas will release her sixth full-length, With Love , on February 14th through her own Sing-A-Long Records. The album was produced by David Bazan (Pedro The Lion) and Blake Wescott (The Posies). It features performances from Bazan, Wescott, Sam Beam (Iron and Wine) and members of Sufjan Stevens' band. Check out "Where Was I" on Bandcamp . Thomas has also scheduled a March tour in support of the album. [ rosiethomas.com ]

Although January may nearly be over and spring is (kinda) on the horizon, there’s plenty of the year left to discover some great Welsh talent. Here are my 10 of the best Welsh artists for you to be keeping your beady little eyes and ears on over the next 11 months. Ifan Dafydd - Putting on an Ifan Dafydd track without any prior information, you would be forgiven for thinking it was a new James Blake number. With plenty of layers, heavily processed vocals and fading organ sounds, there is no denying that there are similarities. However, when have similarities ...

Resurrection Fern - Iron & Wine (mp3) This is 40. Fortune has smiled on me. This is the sentence that repeats like a chorus in my head, in a manner as sublimely peaceful and mellow as possible. I was a bundle of nuclear nervous energy at 21, but at 40, I'm very meh, and meh feels pretty damn good, I gotta tell you. It's a nice meh. Very chill. If today is any indication, the reason I don’t “do well” or stand on ceremony on “big days” like birthdays and holidays is because I don’t enjoy placing undue expectations on people or moments. I don't want to get up tomorrow having to choose the Perfect Birthday Outfit or the Perfect Lunch Destination or the Perfect Birthday Party Plans. I just want a nice day, and even that might be asking more than I deserve. Expecting more just seems unfair. Which brings me more joy, the movie I didn’t expect to be good but was sublime, or the one that lived up to its billing? Which brings me more joy, the discovery of a new band or the revisiting of one of my favorites? Which brings me closer to God, the scheduled, regular arrival to church on Sunday mornings, or the everyday miracles surrounding us and waiting patiently for us to notice? In 40 years, fortune has provided me, gifted me, with people to whom I will never be quite capable of expressing my gratitude and love. From parents to friends, from my wife to my children, from coworkers to acquaintances come and gone. I tried writing about them all last night, but what came out will stay with me. Sharing it felt tawdry. Moreso even than usual, I mean. But just trust me, little words like “parents,” “friends,” “wife,” “children”... they each create greenhouses of vibrant, flourescent beauty. One of my two oldest friends in the world sent me a gift yesterday. A box of graphic novels and a demand that I not reciprocate. His gift was perfect. It was our friendship of 33 years in a brown cardboard box with my name on it. How could he still think of me as his friend when I have all but disappeared into a life of domestic responsibilities and daily obligations and desires closer to home, where the two hours of distance between us often feels like an ocean rather than an easy Interstate? I honestly don’t know how he holds fast to our friendship, but I cherish that he has. I cherish how we humans are like that in our best moments, how willing and able we are to let go of the dirt and cling to the essence of what is good. The longer I've known someone, the more opportunities I've had to completely fuck things up with them. A tornado moment of self-destructive stupidity or a never-ending monsoon of small mistakes. Betrayal or mere bundles of minor disappointment. Who knows which kind of natural disaster my goofy ways brings to those who cross my path; I only know my weather patterns come with risk. Yet the ties continue to hold and bind. And I just shake my head at my good fortune. On this day, perhaps the reason I'm not falling into some abyss of despair is because I can't even get deep enough into all the ways I've been wildly lucky. Health, love, security, more happiness than not for so many of the people I love and care for, and none of those could have received from me as much as they have given. The midlife crisis will ...

While there have been numerous shows on TV about dysfunctional families, rarely have their been shows about crazy families which featured great soundtracks. One of these oddities is NBC’s Parenthood . Based upon the 1980′s Steve Martin movie of the same title, Parenthood is a peek into the lives of the very extended Braverman family. The Bravermans are an involved, in each others lives type of family, centered around four grown-up siblings Adam (played by Peter Krause), Sarah (played by Lauren Graham), Crosby (played by Dax Shepard), and Julie (played by Erika Christensen). All of them are all trying ...

Iron & Wine, JJ Grey & Mofro, Railroad Earth, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Bob Schneider are among the acts scheduled to appear at the Old Settler’s Music Festival. The annual gathering will take place from April 19-22 in Austin, TX. Other acts slated to appear...

Calgary's Woodpigeon (aka Mark Andrew Hamilton) has a busy year lined-up.  He's got two full length albums ready to go, but he kicks it all off on January 24th with the release of the EP For Paolo . The title track is beautiful, melodic, and mellow.  That makes the bookend cut, "For Paolo (Acoustic)" even more remarkable since a tweak in the presentation makes for an entirely new vibe, this one eerie. The songs can be hard to penetrate from time-to-time however.  With a song like "By Lamplight" it feels as though the nooks and crannies have been plastered ...

NOMO bandleader, Iron & Wine live member and fellow Midwesterner Elliot Bergman has a new project called Wild Belle. Their first single “Keep You” is a sexy dubbed out psychedelic pop jam. Here it above and on their bandcamp.   … Continue reading →

If you like bands similar to The Shins, Iron & Wine, and Wilco , you'll most likely dig Town Hall . The indie/folk music band is out of New York City, but more recently have spent the last year performing in Seattle, San Diego, Boston and more. To start of 2012, they released a new EP called Sticky Notes & Paper Scraps , featuring five new tracks. For a indie/folk group Town Hall  has deeper arrangements and emotions with their music, it's a refreshing sound. Listen below. Fresh? Sticky Notes & Paper Scraps by Town Hall Tweet